"The brainchild of Heard Museum founder, Maie Bartlett Heard, the Heard Museum Guild began in 1956 as a group of volunteers dedicated to supporting the mission and programs of the museum. The Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market has been a labor of love for the Guild since its inception and continues to flourish under the creative inspiration, managerial skills, thoughtful leadership, and hard work of multitudes of volunteers." --from the Heard Museum website